Crimson

#d5374a

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for crimson, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

Crimson is a mid red that reads balanced. A mid red this confident is a natural for retail signage and calls to action. It pairs naturally with muted greens across the wheel and with off white for breathing room.

Crimson color values

Every conversion for #d5374a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#d5374a

RGB213, 55, 74

HSL353, 65%, 53%

HSV353, 74%, 84%

CMYK0%, 74%, 65%, 16%

Lab48.73, 61.6, 26.97

XYZ30.04, 17.37, 8.25

Decimal13973322

Web safe#cc3333

Pantone199 C

Shades of crimson

#ca2a3e #b62638 #a32232 #8f1e2c #7b1a26 #681620 #54121a #410e14 #2d090e #190508

Tints of crimson

#d94a5b #dd5c6c #e16f7c #e5818d #e8949e #eca6af #f0b9bf #f4cbd0 #f8dee1 #fcf0f2

Colors that go with crimson

Complementary#37d5c2 Analogous#d53799 Analogous#d57337 Triadic#4ad537 Triadic#374ad5 Split complementary#37d573 Split complementary#3799d5

Crimson in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 74, 65, 16.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #d5374a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 74 65 16

Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 72 64 22

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Crimson in css

Copy #d5374a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #d5374a; }
.text { color: #d5374a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #d5374a; }

How crimson looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Crimson and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #d5374a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #d5374a against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Crimson on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #d5374a sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around crimson? Pull matching colors from any photo with the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn crimson into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #d5374a and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Arches Signature stripes Gem Shingles

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from crimson, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #d5374a is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.